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Bruce Hoffman

@hoffmanbruce.bsky.social
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I have been studying terrorism & insurgency for 50 years and am a senior fellow @CFR.org. My own opinions. Re-postings are not necessarily endorsements.

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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
If I may humbly propose a stocking stuffer: God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America is available in hardback, paperback, Kindle, audiobook, Japanese, and now Spanish. A book about hate and violence that sadly remains all-too-relevant today. www.amazon.com/God-Guns-Sed...
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Exciting news: GOD, GUNS, and SEDITION is out today in paperback! My @cfr.org and @columbiaup.bsky.social book, co-authored with @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social, tells the story of far-right terrorism in America and beyond—a topic that sadly remains as relevant as ever. bookshop.org/p/books/god-...
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God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America
Far-Right Terrorism in America
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Very cool to be profiled in @thehoya.bsky.social, alongside @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social, regarding the Airey Neave Book Prize. If you have not read it: "Our book tells a story of forces within our country that seek to divide us, that seek to undermine our democracy." thehoya.com/news/gu-prof...
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Council on Foreign Relations @cfr.org · 10/12/2024
The Assad regime’s collapse disables a critical node in Iran’s regional proxy network, writes @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social.
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Syria After Assad: What to Know About HTS, Hezbollah, and Iran
The ascendance of Sunni Islamist rebels in Syria should be viewed with great caution by Western powers, but the Assad regime’s collapse disables a critical node in Iran’s regional proxy network.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Unparalleled analysis, as always, by the great @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social for @cfr.org. www.cfr.org/expert-brief...
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Syria After Assad: What to Know About HTS, Hezbollah, and Iran
The ascendance of Sunni Islamist rebels in Syria should be viewed with great caution by Western powers, but the Assad regime’s collapse disables a critical node in Iran’s regional proxy network.
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Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
My brief thoughts on the events of the past 72 hours regarding Syria, HTS, Hezbollah, Iran, & Lebanon all in one place thanks to @CFR_org. www.cfr.org/expert-brief...
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Syria After Assad: What to Know About HTS, Hezbollah, and Iran
The ascendance of Sunni Islamist rebels in Syria should be viewed with great caution by Western powers, but the Assad regime’s collapse disables a critical node in Iran’s regional proxy network.
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Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Two constants in the Middle East: Kurdish suffering and indifference to their plight--as well as to the Armenians. The world also said nothing when Nagorno-Karabakh was ethnically cleansed last year. Colonialism lives--but when it's not Western, few care.
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Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
You can read all about Turkey's catspaw in Syria here: home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
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Treasury Sanctions Syrian Regime Prisons, Officials, and Syrian Armed Group
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning eight Syrian prisons run by the Assad regime’s intelligence apparatus, which have been ...
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Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
@henmazzig.bsky.social reporting on X that the body of Chabad emissary Rabbi Zvi Kogan has been discovered by authorities in the UAE.
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Hen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Both Israelis and Palestinians deserve safety, freedom, and dignity. That’s not hate speech. Opposing any part of this sentence is.
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Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Third ISIS-related arrest in the U.S. in as many months. www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...
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Former Bronx Resident Arrested For Attempting To Provide Material Support To ISIS And Distributing Instructions Regarding Homemade Explosives
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; James E. Dennehy, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio...
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Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
"What is needed are parties that compete to reflect the dreams of the majority of the American people instead of the extremes." file:///private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/0DBCC76C-55F0-4B03-B3F5-B6A87FD4E970/tmp/downloaded_pdf/TheWallStreetJournal_20241122_A15_0_t.pdf
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Joshua C Huminski @joshuachuminski.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
For the latest episode of my National Security Insitute podcast, “Coffee & Conflict”, I welcomed @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social & @jacobware.bsky.social to discuss “God, Guns, & Sedition” (@columbiaup.bsky.social) & the origin & future of far-right terrorism in America. open.spotify.com/episode/4R1Q...
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Episode 6: God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America with Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware
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Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I was fortunate today to be able to meet a great American, who is also one of my heroes, and is an outstanding member of the U.S. House of Representatives, who was just elected to his 3rd term ... the tremendously impressive @ritchietorres.bsky.social
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
After decades of insufficient and ineffective efforts to suppress a racist antigovernment fringe, the United States has become the exemplar of far-right extremism and terrorism. @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @foreignaffairs.bsky.social www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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American Hatred Goes Global
How the United States became a leading exporter of white supremacist terrorism.
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Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Another arrest of a US-based would-be ISIS terrorist www.cnn.com/2024/11/14/p...
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FBI arrests Houston man who allegedly wanted to commit a ‘9/11’ style attack in the US | CNN Politics
The FBI announced on Thursday the arrest of a Texas man who allegedly created and disseminated ISIS propaganda and wanted to commit a “9/11-style” attack in the United States.
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Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
More on Amsterdam’s PREMEDITATED “Jew Hunt” Calls for ‘Jew Hunt’ Preceded Amsterdam Attacks tinyurl.com/28mazgnb
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Calls for ‘Jew Hunt’ Preceded Amsterdam Attacks
AMSTERDAM—Israeli financial adviser Ofek Ziv had just emerged from
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Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
It's never hard to mobilize against Jewish people. My latest essay on antisemitism masked as self-righteousness thehill.com/opinion/civi...
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The modern intellectual diktat for Jewish authors
It is a dangerous precedent that cleverly endows hate with logic and respectability masking a markedly more malign and malevolent intention.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
Delighted to contribute to the International Risk Podcast alongside @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/69BL...
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Ep 181: Far-Right Terrorism in America with Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
"Is the United States on the Verge of Civil War?" In The Cipher Brief, @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and I insist the answer is no, but the question is no longer frivolous. #Election2024 is certain to inspire some degree of violence in our country. @cfr.org www.thecipherbrief.com/column_artic...
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Is the United States on the Verge of Civil War?
Terrorism experts Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware use historical and recent facts to try and answer that question.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 23/08/2024
“Of course, many of the conspiracy theories that support far-right terrorist mobilization today are deeply entrenched, and it might take generations to unwind them.” My contribution to War on the Rocks's Rewind and Reconnoiter with @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social. warontherocks.com/2024/08/rewi...
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Rewind and Reconnoiter: Are We Entering a New Era of Far-Right Terrorism? with Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware - War on the Rocks
In their 2019 article, “Are We Entering a New Era of Far-Right Terrorism?” Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware discussed the rising frequency of extreme
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
"After decades of insufficient and ineffective efforts to suppress a racist antigovernment fringe, the United States has become the exemplar of far-right extremism and terrorism." With @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.bsky.social in September 2023. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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American Hatred Goes Global
How the United States became a leading exporter of white supremacist terrorism.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
"The problem at this perilous moment is that both violent extremes see an advantage in setting the United States ablaze." @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/18/t...
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A Uniquely Perilous Moment in U.S. Politics
After the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, so-called “accelerationists” will look to spark a broader conflagration.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
Must-read article on the sad near-certainty of global pro-Israel radicalization, by @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and Jeremy Hurewitz in the The Hill. thehill.com/opinion/inte...
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In and outside of Israel, radicalization runs both ways
If the world is truly concerned about peace in the Middle East, it should be concerned about how Israel — and Jews around the world — will emerge from this war.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
With @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social in @prospectmagazine.bsky.social: "The riots across the UK after the Southport stabbing were far from unprecedented. Indeed, their roots can be traced deep into the history of extremism and terrorism." www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/far...
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The terrorist history of far-right violence
The disorganised mob approach of the extreme right has deep roots, as does the use of immigration policy to excuse it
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Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social · 14/08/2024
#1 on amazon for audio books is what all authors long to see. Just released last month and read by a professional actor (not @JacobWare) or me!
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Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
#1 on amazon audio books is what all authors long to see. Just released last month & read by a professional actor (not Jacob‬⁩) or me! file:///private/var/mobile/Library/Caches/com.apple.MobileSMS/Previews/Attachments/ac/12/0B9EF220-5B3D-4509-886C-16004E13FDC0/IMG_4466-preview.pvt/IMG_4466.jpeg
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Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
Alas, as our essay in @foreignpolicy from last Friday argues, the threat of violence as the presidential election nears, now comes from both political extremes.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 01/07/2024
It is a measure of the divisiveness and tolerance for violence in the United States that the possibility of civil war looms so large over the 2024 presidential election—no matter which candidate wins. @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2024/06/28/c...
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How Bad Will Political Violence in the U.S. Get?
Civil war is unlikely, but other alarming scenarios are quite possible.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 26/04/2024
Looking forward to expanding on this analysis with other findings from our book on Tuesday, in conversation with Joana Cook and @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social in an ICCT - The Hague live briefing! www.icct.nl/event/icct-l...
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 20/02/2024
So grateful to Angela King and Life After Hate for the kind review of God, Guns, and Sedition, "one of the most comprehensive, succinctly told accounts of violent far-right extremism spanning the past four decades." @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @cfr.org www.lifeafterhate.org/blog/2024/2/...
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God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America - Life After Hate
A review of the book God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America by Angela King
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Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social · 16/02/2024
Fascinating discussion last night at the U.S. National Archives about U.S. hostage policy with Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carsten & myself that was moderated by the inimitable Robin Wright & is now on tinyurl.com/3r2em987
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
I greatly enjoyed joining @katherinepomps.bsky.social on the @lawfare.bsky.social podcast. With @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social, we discuss the historical trajectory of far-right extremism, the threat of far-right terrorism heading into the 2024 election, and more. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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The Lawfare Podcast: ‘God, Guns, and Sedition’ with Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware
A conversation about a new book on the rise of far-right terrorism in America and how to counter it.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
Such an honor to join Peter Bergen on his brilliant In The Room podcast, discussing "Why America’s Biggest Terror Threat Is Homegrown." @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social www.audible.com/pd/Episode-4...
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Episode 41: Why America’s Biggest Terror Threat Is Homegrown
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol was the culmination of political trends in the United States that have festered for decades. And it may be a dr...
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Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social · 11/02/2024
Delighted to see my book with Jacob Ware, God, Guns & Sedition cited (and me quoted) as lead story on front page of today's Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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U.S. to wrap security blanket around D.C. courthouse for Trump trial
Metal fencing around the federal courthouse in D.C. will be reminiscent of barricades erected around the U.S. Capitol for Jan. 6, 2021.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
It was also a tremendous honor for me to join two legends of the terrorism studies field, @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and Peter Bergen, at a virtual launch event at New America. www.newamerica.org/future-secur...
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[ONLINE] - God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America
Join the Future Security Program in welcoming Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware to discuss their new book, God, Guns, and Sedition
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
Given my past work with CSIS, it was a special honor to return and join Seth Jones and @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social to discuss our book and the broader far-right terrorist landscape. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3B...
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“God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America” with Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware
The CSIS International Security Program welcomes Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware for a talk on God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America. They wil...
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
Among the more concerning developments traced in God, Guns, and Sedition is the growing threat of internecine and fratricidal assassinations within the right-wing itself. In the LA Times, @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and I traced this dangerous new trend. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Opinion: The GOP is putting Republicans in physical danger by backing Trump
The events of Jan. 6, 2021, sparked more threats by the far right toward mainstream members of the GOP. With Trump as the likely nominee, the potential for violence only increases.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
We’ve also been fortunate to contribute to several podcasts. @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and I enjoyed chatting with James Lindsay on @cfr.org's exceptional The President's Inbox, discussing far-right terrorism. www.cfr.org/podcasts/far...
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PODCAST | The President's Inbox: Far-right Terrorism
Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the rise of far-right violent extremism in the United States and abroad.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
"As [Louis] Beam perhaps envisioned, social media has become the frontline of modern terrorism and counterterrorism." My latest, in TIME's Made by History with @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social, featuring excerpts from our new book, God, Guns, and Sedition. time.com/6551865/extr...
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Online Extremism Is Decades in the Making
White supremacists have been successfully innovating with computers and digital networks since the 1980s.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
It has now been a month since the release of my co-authored @cfr.org book, God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America. @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and I have been hard at work sharing our findings through events, podcasts, and articles. 🧵 cup.columbia.edu/book/god-gun...
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God, Guns, and Sedition | Columbia University Press
Shocking acts of terrorism have erupted from violent American far-right extremists in recent years, including the 2015 mass murder at a historic Black church... | CUP
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Dr. Julie Chernov @drjchernov.bsky.social · 06/01/2024
Look what just arrived! Looking forward to diving into this most timely of books. @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @jacobware.bsky.social
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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 06/01/2024
How Far-Right Terrorists Learned to Stop Worrying and Leave the Bomb, by @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social & @jacobware.bsky.social warontherocks.com/2024/01/how-...
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How Far-Right Terrorists Learned to Stop Worrying and Leave the Bomb - War on the Rocks
On Sept. 16, 1920, a horse-drawn wagon slowly made its way down New York City’s Wall Street. It came to a stop at the Financial District’s busiest corner,
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Paul Hansen @paulhans.bsky.social · 17/12/2023
A much anticipated read this weekend by @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and @jacobware.bsky.social Actually borrowed it from my son's Christmas pile. At this time he is deep into Alexander Mikaberidze's The Napoleonic Wars.
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Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · 15/12/2023
Hot off the press alert! Order your copy of @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social & @jacobware.bsky.social’s GOD, GUNS, and SEDITION and read what Lawrence Wright calls “an essential volume for understanding the dark side of the American dream.” Link: cup.columbia.edu/book/god-gun...
print copies of God, Guns, and Sedition by Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware, featuring a January 6 insurrection photo of a gallows in from of the US Capitol building
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John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social · 15/12/2023
“It is a sad commentary about emotional responses, vituperation, closed minds, and the collective failure of professors and administrators alike for allowing this climate to emerge and lay waste to the free and open exchange of ideas…” By @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social time.com/6516866/terr...
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Calling Out Terrorism Shouldn’t Be an Issue of Free Speech
Diversity must not just be predicated on identity but also on ideas. America’s campuses must live up to these ideals.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
Absolutely thrilled to see our beautiful new book page on the @cfr.org website—a sign that the big day (January 2) is getting closer! @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @caelyncobb.bsky.social www.cfr.org/book/god-gun...
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God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America
A riveting exploration of the current state of far-right terrorism in the United States—and recommendations to stop its rise.
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Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
Mostly neglected this past week is whether ISIS was involved in the attacks? Flag left at Sufa suggests this & ISIS in Sinai certainly has motive & geographic access. May also suggest why US Navy is parked offshore near Gaza. tinyurl.com/5ef3cwn4
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Paul Hansen @paulhans.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
A brief analysis by Bruce Hoffman, @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social
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Israel’s War on Hamas: What to Know
Israel will seek to eliminate the threat posed by the Palestinian militant group for good, but its campaign in Gaza could draw in other adversaries, including Hezbollah and al-Qaeda.
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